~ Leadership ~

Rev. Alan Ritter

Pastor Alan Ritter and wife Joyce are natives of Alamance County, NC. Together with his family, Pastor Ritter attended North Graham Baptist Church in Graham, NC where he served as a deacon. One night during revival services, God extended a call for Pastor Ritter to enter the ministry and preach God’s holy Word.

After receiving his call to ministry at age 30, he would leave his job at GKN Alamance and begin his theological training and preparation for ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He graduated under Dr. Paige Patterson in May of 1996. Following his graduation, his senior pastor resigned to pursue his doctorate at Mid America Seminary in Memphis, TN.

Following the inquiries from several members, the pulpit search committee asked him to turn in a resume as a candidate to pastor his home church. With hesitation because people knew him as Alan Ritter the deacon, Pastor Ritter turned in his resume and would pastor his home church for the next five years.

After serving five years, God called him and his family to First Baptist Church of Homosassa in Florida, where he would serve the next nineteen years. In his nineteenth year, Pastor Ritter sensed that God was about to move his family to a new ministry somewhere. Little did he know that God was moving his
family back to North Carolina, just 40 minutes from where he used to live.

Pastor Ritter preached his first sermon as the new pastor of Whites Memorial Baptist Church in August of 2020. Pastor Ritter and Joyce have three wonderful daughters and six grandchildren. He shares a common desire with our church to see God move in the lives of every person of Randolph County, and ultimately the world!

~ Meet the Team ~

Lonnie Allred

Choir Director

Lonnie comes from multiple generations of family members serving at Whites Memorial. Lonnie’s father was not only Sunday School Superintendent but Choir Director for over 30 years. Lonnie has served as a deacon and in other committees at our church.

Lonnie has been married to his wife Kathy for 53 years and has 3 children, Jackie, Dennis and Melanie, along with their spouses and 8 grandchildren.

Outside serving at WMBC, Lonnie is the owner of LA Acoustical and Drywall, but can normally be found on his tractor checking the cows or taking care of his farm. Lonnie loves watching and supporting his grandkids and a good ballgame. Sometimes he can even get his grandkids to sing at church together with him. Lonnie loves hymns himself but loves hearing others use their gift of music to share Gods love.

Jackie Saunders

Awana & Youth Director

Bio coming soon!

Tammy Yarborough

Secretary

Tammy serves as Administrative Assistant at WMBC. She joined our staff in late 2020 and has 5 years of experience. She has loved serving at WMBC and loves the people within the church. Tammy is responsible for day-to-day church office duties.

She is a member at First Baptist Denton and has served as Secretary/Treasurer. She is involved in Women's Ministry group and Operation Christmas Child.

Her and her husband Don have been married for 36 years; they have wo sons, Jamie and Jeremiah, as well as 2 dogs and 2 cats.